His tweets have a 5th grade reading level, there’s a connection for sure. Even Facebook and Twitter and other social media requires some level of reading.
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jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 21 hours agoGetting news from reputable sources generally involves reading and ~25% of American adults are functionally illiterate.
Probably not the main cause of people turning to TikTok for news but if you drew a ven diagram of the two groups, I wouldn’t be shocked if there was an awful lot of overlap.
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
In general, media companies usually target a 5th grade reading level to ensure most can read and understand the stories.
His tweets definitely aren’t a 5th grade level, because they’re clearly below that level.
ZiemekZ@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
That ~25% of American adults is too dumb to deserve to vote. You should be able to show some kind of basic intelligence and common sense in order to have a say in how a country should be run – it should be based on merit. I even have a name for that: meritocracy!